SYRIA  IT       PRIMER 
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ASSYRIAN  PRIMER 


AN 


INDUCTIVE  METHOD 
LEARNING  THE  CUNEIFORM  CHARACTERS 


BY 


J.   DYNELEY   PRINCE,   PaD. 

PBOFKSSOE   OF   SEMITIC   LANGUAGES   IN   COLUMBIA   UNIVERSITY 


THE   COLUMBIA   UNIVERSITY  PRESS 
1909 

All  rights  reserved 


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ASSYRIAN  PRIME 


AN 


INDUCTIVE  METHOD 
OF  LEARNING  THE  CUNEIFORM  CHARACTERS 


BY 


J.   DYNELEY   PRINCE,   PaD. 

PROFESSOR   OF   SEMITIC   LANGUAGES   IN    COLUMBIA   UNIVERSITY 


THE   COLUMBIA    UNIVERSITY   PRESS 
1909 

All  rights  reserved 


PRINTED  BY  G.  KREYSING,  LEIPZIG,  GERMANY 


Foreword 

The  need  of  a  series  of  progressive  lessons  for  beginners  in  Cuneiform 
has  long  been  felt  in  the  Columbia  University  Semitic  Department.  The 
object  of  the  present  work  is  to  lighten  the  labours  of  the  English 
speaking  Assyrian  student,  who  has  hitherto  been  compelled  to  learn,  by 
sheer  force  of  memory,  the  ninety-eight  simple  signs  before  he  could 
proceed  to  read  the  most  ordinary  text.  In  the  following  lessons  an 
attempt  has  been  made  to  grade  the  acquisition  of  the  signs  and  the 
learning  of  the  main  features  of  the  grammar,  so  that  the  student  may 
proceed,  inductively  and  with  comparative  facility,  to  master  simultaneously 
both  the  intricacies  of  the  characters  and  the  most  salient  facts  of  Assyrian 
grammatical  structure. 

My  especial  thanks  are  due  to  my  friend  Dr.  Robert  J.  Lau  of 
Columbia  University  for  the  great  care  and  skill  with  which  he  has 
autographed  the  sign-lists  and  exercises. 

J.  Dyneley  Prince. 

Columbia  University,  New  York. 


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Assyrian-English  Glossary. 

Note  that  in  the  following  word-list,  Arabic  numerals  standing  alone  refer 
to  the  pages  of  the  preceding  lessons  and  that  small  Roman  numerals  followed 
by  Arabic  numerals  refer  to  the  text  of  the  last  three  lessons,  the  Arabic 
numerals  indicating  the  numbered  lines.  Thus,  48  would  mean  page  48,  but 
XV,  10  indicates  the  tenth  line  of  the  fifteenth  lesson. 

Note  also  that  verbs  final  N2   are  indicated  throughout  by  final  !"l. 


u  'one',  11;  edis  'alone',  39,  41. 
bx2N  dlu  'city',  pi.  aldni,  15. 

2N  abu  'father',  pi.  aMti,  8;    abisif,  'his  father',  (gen.),  XIIT,  14. 
23N  abdbu  'shine,  be  pure',  35;  prec.  libbib  'mny  he  shine';  adj. 

ebbu  'shining,  pure'. 

*p»  abiktu  'defeat';  ideogr.  SI— §1,  41. 
ras  abkallum  'leader,  governor',  33. 
pis  abnu  'stone',  43. 

i2N4  eberu  'cross  over',  49 ;  pret.  %bir,  XV,  6. 
33N  agdgu    'be    angry';    pret.   egugma,  XIV,  6.      Noun:    uggatu 

'  'anger',  23. 

D5N  agammu  'marsh',  49 ;  pi.  agamme,  XV,  6. 
1N4  adi  prep,  'unto,  as  far  as,  together  with',  38. 
"TIN  addru  'fear',  39;  pret.  adur,  XII,  11. 
nN3  essu  'new',  23. 
aTN^  ezebu  'leave,  abandon',  39,  41. 
TTN4  ezzu  'strong,  powerful',  22. 
"1TN4  ezeru  'curse';  prec.  pret.  1  p.  luzzurma,  XV,  10;  ezru  'a  curse', 

XV,  10. 

nN  ahu  'brother',  15;  ahatu  'sister',  15. 
TON  ahdzn  'seize,  grasp',  47;  III,  1  \(&dhhaz,  XIII,  16. 
i£2t<4  eferu  'spare,  save',  41. 
•pN4  £nu  'eye',  11. 
-PN  dru  'reach,  attain',  23,  39. 
riDN  aku  'cripple,  feeble',  37. 
bDN  akdlu  'eat';  pret.  ekulma,  XV,  11. 

sN*  ekallu  'temple,    palace',  42.     Not  a  Semitic  word,    but  from 
Sumerian  e-gal  'big  house'. 


b«  ilu  'god',  pi.  ildni,  11,  37. 
b»  ul  'not';  jisual  negative  =  Heb.  xb. 
bN*  ultu  prep? 'from',  11. 
nb«4  elu  'go  up,  ascend',  48;    pret.  eli,  XIV,  5.      Adj.  elinu,  fern. 

elinitu  'upper',  38.     Prep,  eli  'against,  over',  11. 
^b»2  aldku  'go',  37,  48;    pret.  1  p.  allik,  XIV,  13;    3  p.  fflik,  19. 
bbN  aldlu  'shine,  be  bright',  35;  adj.  ellu,  fern,  ellitii  'bright,  pure', 

23,  34. 

bb»  aldlu  'hang'  (trans.);  pret.  1  p.  alul,  XIII,  15. 
28  ummu  'mother',  15. 

BN3  emu  'father-in-law';  emetu  'mother-in-law',  15. 
bttN  am&lu  'man';  pi.  ameluti,  11. 
•J7DN  ummandti  'troops',  41;  XIII,  16. 
p72N  emuqu  'power',  44. 
T73N  amdru  'see* ;  pret.  1  p.  amur,  XII,  9. 
"TON  tamirtu  'circumference';  ina  tamirti  'around',  41. 
~i70N3  imeru  'ass',  15. 

•]N  ana  prep,  'unto':  ina  'in,  by',  11. 

n:«  annu  'this';  fern,  annitu,  19;  pi.  annutu  (ti),  anndti,  20. 
13N  unutu  'furniture,  implements',  43;  XII,  10. 
*]3N  andku  pron.  1  p.  T,  8. 
^:N  an^M  'lead'  (metal),  34. 
•J3K  aninu  'we';  also:  anini,  n&nu,  nmi,  8. 
ON  ensu  'weak',  22. 
nON  usdti  'help,  assistance',  37. 
•jDN  isinnu  'feast',  50;  isinnt,  XV,  11. 
bcN  aplu  'son',  23. 
DEN  apsu  'abyss,  ocean',  33. 

epdsu  'do,  make',  37 ;  adj.  itpisu  'active,  capable'. 
apdru:  appardti  pi.  of  apparu  'marsh',  45;  XV,  6. 
epru  'dust',  46. 
irtu  'breast,  front',  34. 
Urbi;  name  of  a  tribe,  23. 
y-M'irba  'four',  37. 

n»4  eri§  'like  an  eagle',  XII,  3  from  eru  'eagle',  34. 
n^N  urfa  'road',  19;  XII,  11;  XV,  2. 
D"iN  aramme,  pi.  'siege  instuments',  48;  XIV,  12. 
ynN  ir$itu  'earth',  11. 
TIN  ardru  'curse';  arratu  'a  curse',  23. 
•ttiN*  istu  prep,  'from',  11. 
izio<  i$atu  'fire',  34. 

ittJN  aSdru  'care  for,  pay  attention  to';  pret.  a$ur,  XII,  10. 
•ittjwx  afru  'place',  23,  39. 
aSdridu  'leader',  38. 
ussu  'foundation',  1 1 ;  XV,  8. 
aSSatu  'wife,  woman',  11,  23. 
iSten  'one',  XII,  8. 
nN  itti  'with',  11. 

nN  atta  'thou',  fern,  atti,  8 ;  attunu  'ye',  8. 
nN  itlum  'hero';  sometimes  written  idlum,  37. 


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3N3  bdbu  'gate',  23,  49 ;  XV,  4. 

b«43  Ulum   'lord',  23,44;   XII,  12;   bffit,    constr.  of  MUu  'lady', 
50;  XV,  7. 

113  £urfo  'well',  49;  XV,  6. 

ma  bitu  'house',  11,  34,  43.     Bitdurani  'fortifications',  44. 

rTO3  bamdte(ti)  'high-places,  heights',  15. 

HD3  banu  'build,  beget';  noun:  nabnitu  'offspring',  XIV,  3. 

p13  bardqu  'lighten',  38. 
ttlba  ba$u  'be,  exist',  11;  bu$u  'property',  43. 


gabbu  'all',  XTV,  7. 

gitmalum  'perfect',  38. 

gimru  'entirety',  constr.  gimir,  19;  XII,  5. 

gardru  'run';  girru  'campaign',  40. 

gaSru  'mighty',  22. 


'look';  pret.  adgul,  XII,  8;  %M/,  19. 
m~  dadmu  'dwelling';  pi.  dadme,  23. 

^in  <^aA;M  'slay,  kill';  pret.  aduk,  XIII,  16;  maddktu  'fortification'. 
4"m  dimdti  'posts,  stakes',  XII,  15;  pi.  of^Ww. 
pTDI  damdqu    'be    favourable    to',    34  ;    adj.    damqu    'favourable, 

gracious',  37. 
pn  dandnu   'be   powerful';    adj.  dannu  'powerful',   15,  37;    fern. 

dannatu,  15.     Noun:  dunnu  'power,  strength',  XV,  8. 
r]sn  duppu  'clay  tablet',  XIV,  11. 


i  M  'and',  11. 
b3T  abdlu  'carry,  bring';  nouns:  muttabilutu  I,  2  partc.  'portable 

things' ;  biltu  'tribute',  49 ;  XV,  5. 
NXi  asu  'go  out';  noun:  situ  'rising  of  the  sun',  39. 
nn  aru  'bring' ;  uraSsu.  XIV,  4  =  urd  +  5w. 
^n  arfcw  'after',  XII,  8. 

3£n  cwa^w  'dwell'  38;  noun:  Subtu  'dwelling',  XIV,  2;  with  suffix 
Subatsun,  XIII,  14. 

T 

IDT  zikaru  'hero,  male',  11. 

^731  zam^Tm  'enemy',  38. 

qp;  zaqdpu  'set  up';  azqup,  XIV,  13. 

npr  zaqdtu  'be  sharp';   zaqtu,   pi.  zaqtuti  'sharp',  XIV,  7.     Noun: 

zuqtu  'sharp  peak',  XIV,  5. 
N41T  z£ru:  constr.  «^r  'seed',  XIII,  14. 


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mn  kadis  'joyfully',  43. 

Tin  tohazu  'battle',  39,  42 ;  XII,  10.     Mahazu  'city',  XII,  2. 
aan  AaftM  'sceptre',  XV,  1. 

btt  hullanu  'garment',  XV,  9. 
ynn  hurdsu  'gold',  34,  43. 
nnn  tahtu  'defeat';  tahtdSunu,  XIV,  8. 


temu  'counsel,  wisdom,  taste',  XV,  1. 
mra  tabu,  fern,  fczfow  'good',  15. 
TIB  fudu  'road',  19. 
rro  ##u  'clay,  mud',  23. 
bata  fcW/w  'torch';  #to//#,  'like  a  torch',  XIV,  3. 


idti  'me',  13. 

idu  'hand',  23;  zW«-za  'my  hends',  (dual),  XII,  13. 

aqartu,  fern,  'precious',  43. 

misaru  'righteousness',  37. 


^  A;o«a  'thee';  kd$i,  13;  kdSunu  'you',  13. 
03D  kabdsu  'tread',  III,  1,  partc.  constr.;  sukbus  'hostile  advance' 

XIV,  12. 

-\tt.kibrdti  'regions',  37. 
P3D  kabtttu  'heart,  liver,  XIV,  6. 
-ns  A;orfre  'gifts,  tribute',  47;  XIII,  16. 
bis  kdlu  'all',  38;  kdtisunu  'all  of  them',  XIV,  4. 
•j-0  kdnu  'establish',  49 ;  prei  ukin,  XV,  5.     Noun :  kittu 

'righteousness',  37. 
13  Tdma  'like,  like  to',  11. 
~D  kakku  'weapon',  38. 
13DD  kalbanndti  'axes',  48;  XIV,  12. 
IDDD  kand$u  'bow  down',  39. 
^03  kaspu  'silver',  43. 
nss  7m^t2  'cold',  XII,  11. 
DID  /carww  'ploughed  field',  XV,  3. 
^"O  kurunnu  'wine',  XV,  11. 
•^"^D  kirdSu  'camp';  with  suffix  kirassu,  41. 
-IIUD  kaSddu  'conquer';  pret.  1  p.  aksud,  19,  XIV,  9,  12,  44; 
tkSudd,  3  pi.  fern.,  42. 
'hosts',  37. 


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Nb  Id  'not',  11. 

E2N4b  partc.  M,  it  'swallow  up,  devour',  38. 

ab  libbu  'heart';  libbi,  XIV,  6. 

-tab  labiru  'old,  ancient1,  23. 

•sab  Zafo&M  'be  clothed ;  II,  1  ulablis,  XV,  9. 

ib  ZM  'verily',  11.     Strengthening  and  precative  particle. 

ffiib  liSdnu  'tongue,  language',  15. 

-ibb  lattamm  'honey',  XV,  11. 

Mtob  Zaww   'surround';    pret.  1  p.  aZrae,  XVI,  12.      Noun:    limdiu 

'boundary,  border',  44. 

fob  ftmnt*  'evil',  34 ;  XV,  10. 

Nspb  %<  'take' ;  pret.  alqd,  XII,  3. 


marw  'son',  33. 

ONTO  mi'mma  'whatever,  something',  34,  43. 
nNto  maftt  'land',  15.      Probably   not   a    Semitic   word,    but   from 

Sumerian  mada. 

1313  magdru  'favour',  38;  migru,  constr.  migir  'favourite',  37. 
nifc  mdtu  'die'  ;  I,  2.  gmltfc,  XV,  2. 
ynw  mahdsu  'smash,   smite';   pret.  with  suffix:    amhassu  'I  smote 

him'.     Noun:  mundahsu  'warrior',  for  vmimtahisu. 
inft  mahru  'first',  40  ;  tamhdru  'battle',  41. 
"OW  namkuru  'property',  43. 
Nbw  maZw  'be  full';  ma/a  'as  many  as',  11. 

"pW  maldku  'rule,  counsel'  ;  mdtifcu,  pi.  malke,  malkdni  'prince'  ; 
malkatu,  pi.  malkdti  'princess',  15;  milku  'counsel,  advice' 
XV,  1. 

I'D  mannu  'who?';  mzw«  'what?',  20. 
nrra  maww  'count,  reckon';  pret.  amrm,  43. 
npw  maqdtu  'fall';  pret.  amqut,  49. 
yjW  WMSM  'night',  34. 

masdru  'leave,  abandon;  II,  1,  umassir  'he  left',  XIV,  2. 
me&riti  'limbs',  34(?). 


Nn:  nabu  'speak,  utter',  34;  nibu  'number',  45. 

baD  nabdlu  'destroy'  ;  pret.  abul,  XII,  4. 

y5D  nigissu  'gorge',  39. 

mD  nadu  'set,  place,  lay'  ;  pret.  addi,  XV,  8. 

p:  naddnu  'give';  pret.  iddin,  15;  pres.  3  pi  mamdmu-ma,  XIV,  2. 
Noun:  mandatu  'tribute,  gift',  XV,  5. 

-n:  nuru  'light',  34. 

HD  nazdzu  'stand'  ;  pret.  3  p.  fern,  tazziz-ma,  XII,  13  ;  1  p.  ctzzaz,  19. 
nto:  niati  'us',  13. 

•V»3  niru  'yoke',  XII,  9. 

-113  n8ru  'a  ner'  =  600. 


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D=>:  mksu  'breach  in  a  wall',  XIV,  12. 

-o:  nakdru  'change,   hostile';   II,  1,  unakkir,  XIII,  16;   XV,  12. 

Noun:  ndkiru  'enemy,  XIV,  7;  XV,  10. 
-,7o:  namdru  'shine',  35. 
no;  nasdhu  'tear  away' ;  pret.  assuh,  XIV,  3. 
£e:  napistu  'life',  41. 

-i}£D  nasdru  'keep',  37.     Noun:  nisirtu  'treasure',  43. 
-ipa  naqdru  'tear  down,  destroy';  pret.  1  p.  a^itr,  XII,  4. 
Stt.3  na&2  'lift  up';  pret.  1  p.  assi,  XV,  7  ;  III,  1,  u3a$$i  with  fern. 

suffix,  XIV,  5 ;  partc.  nds,  XV,  1. 
piB3  naSdqu  'kiss';  II,  1.     unaS&q,  XIV,  10. 


•po  sudinnu  'a  sort  of  bird',  39. 
qno  sahdpu  'overthrow' ;  pret.  ishup,  XIV,  9. 
*ino  sahdru  'surround',  37;  ina  sihirti-.  prep,  'around',  XIII,  5. 
0^0  *WM  'horse,  42 ;  XII,  9. 

rpo  sakdpu  'overthrow';  pret.  askup,  19;  iskap,  XII,  12. 
T^O  samnu.  ordinal:  'eighth',  11. 
•jEO  sapdnu  'sweep  away,  overthrow';  aspun,  XII,  5. 
k]EO  sippu  'threshold',  49 ;  XV,  4. 
*ICD  supuru  'enclosure',  22. 
no  sittu,  pi.  sittuti  'rest,  remainder',  23. 


pagru  'corpse';  pagris  'like  a  corpse',  XIII,  15. 
pu,  gen.  joe  'mouth',  22. 
J9^  'limit',  XII,  5 :  pat  gimri  'entirety'. 
patdru  'split';  Noun:  patru  'dagger',  23. 
paldhu  'fear';  ^M%,  XIV,  9;  puluhtu  'fear',  XII,  12. 
jozZJw,  v\.pil$i(e)  'hole,  mine',  48;  XIV,  12. 
piqittu  'order,  muster',  XII,  9. 
paru  'mule',  42. 

parakku  'royal  chamber,  shrine',  38. 
pardsu  'flee',  39;  IV,  1,  pret.  ipparis    XIV,  2. 
parMdu  'flee',  41.     Quadriliteral  from  cnc. 
N3nc  ^zVw  'open';  pret.  apte-ma,  43. 


Nnx  sdbu  'warrior',  41. 
313S  sumbu  'cart' ;  pi.  sumbe,  42. 
nn*  sabdtu  'seize';  pret.  1  p.  cqbaf,  XIII,  11. 
ins  sihru  'little,  small',  22,  44. 
1"»S  §iru<  constr.  sir  'against',  XV,  5. 
Dbs:  salmu  'image';  constr.  salam,  19;  XIV,  12;  XV,  9. 


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salmu  'black';    fern.  pi.  constr.  salmdt:  salmdt  qaqqadi  'the 
black  headed  ones',  i.  e.,  the  Babylonians,  39. 

simittu  'span,  team',  XII,  9. 

susu  'marsh',  19. 

ms  'sdrdhu  'cry  out' ;  I,  2.     issarih,  XII,  6 ;  XIV,  6. 
rpSZ  sarpu  'refined  silver',  34. 


nt«p  qdtu  'hand',  19;  dual  qatd,  42. 

bap  qablu  'midst;  combat',  41. 

ttrp  qistu  'gift',  23. 

"liSp  ^zsrtt  'strength,  power';  constr.  qisir,  XV,  8. 

~PP  qaqqadu  'head',  39. 

-ipp  qaqqdru  'territory,  ground',  XV,  8. 

3"ip  qirbu  midst',  35 ;  constr.  qirib,  42 ;  qitrubu  'battle,  attack',  42. 

"np  qarradu  'warrior',  33 ;  qurddu  'warrior',  15. 

ni£p  qa$tu  'bow';   qasdtsunu  'their  bows',  XII,  13.      PI.  is  qasdti. 


rtN4"i  r£um  'shepherd',  37. 
ON3~i  rdmu  'love',  37. 
wen  rdsu  'head',  15,  23. 
na")  rdbu  'be  big,  large';  III,  1.     usarbd,  38.     Adj.  rabti,  fern. 

rabitu,  pi.  rabuti,  rabdti  'big,  large',  22,  37. 
3D"i  rakdbu  'ride,  mount';  noun:  narkabtu,  constr.  narkabat-, 

pi.  narkabdti,  XIV,  5. 

nstl  rflww  'help,  aid';  pi.  partc.  rw^  'allies',  41. 
Htzn  raSu  'possess';    used    particularly  of  mental  qualities;    partc. 

seen  in  rd3  t&mi  'possessor  of  counsel,  understanding',  XV,  1. 


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115  Sa:  rel.  pron.  'who';  prep,  'of,  11,  19. 
b««j  Sa'dlu  'ask' ;  pret.  1  p.  aSdl,  XV,  7. 
1N31C  5^rw  'morning',  15. 

law  sabdru  'break';  pret.  3  p.  fern,  ta&zr,  XII,  13. 
rmz:  M^t2  'mountain',  23. 

in,  &2  'he;   that  one',  8.     tii  'she',  8.     tiunu,  sina  'they'  (masc. 
and  fern.).     Sdsu,   fern.  ^*»,  8,  13;   suatu,  fern.   Jzcrfz,  pi. 
$uatunu,   fern.  Siatina,   19 ;    also  Satunu,  masc.  pi.  demon- 
strative pronoun  =  'that  one,  those  ones'. 
-it3»  foAzrw  'write';  III,  1.     usa3tir-ma,  XIV,  11. 

'set,  fix,  establish' ;  Simtu  'fate,  destiny',  34 ;  XV,  2. 
'foot',  48 ;  s&pi-ia  'my  feet',  XIV,  5. 
pw  *a^nu  'set,  establish',  34;  pret.  o^fcun,  XIV,  8;  I,  1. 
aSlakan,  41. 

'snow',  XII,  11. 


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bb'£  saldlu  'take  as  booty' ;  pret.  aglula,  44.    Noun :  Sallatu  'booty' ; 
§allati£    'as    booty',    43;    satlasunu  =  Sallat-sunu    'their 
booty',  44. 
obc  saldmu  'set'  (of  the  sun),  38.     Noun :  sulmu  'peace,  greeting'. 

19,  50;  XV,  7. 
DIE  sumu  'name',  34,  43;    pi.  sume.  XIV,  11  ;    constr.  sing.  Sum, 

XIII,  16. 

rTOC  samu  'heaven';  pi.  samt,  35. 
ri2tt  sind  'two',  XII,  8. 
"ffi  Sandnu  'rival,  vie  with',  38. 
bsc  saplu,  fern,  saptitu  'low',  39. 
yc^:  *^)95M  'might,  power',  39. 
ncffi  M/?rM  'message';  constr.  sipir,   19. 

*lttj  Sarru,  pi.  sarrdni  'king',  15;  sarrutu  'kingdom,  royalty',  38. 
CJTC:  sarapu  'burn' ;  pret.  1  p.  asrup,  XII,  4. 
p-id  sardqu  'give';  pret.  1  p.  a$ruq,  XIII,  16. 
rtpiZJ   6-o^M  'high',  23. 
nw  sa^ftt  'year',  49 ;  satttiam  'annually',  XV,  5. 


DN2n  tdmtu(m)  'sea',  38,  39 ;  gen.  tdmtim,  XIV,  2. 
inn  fc2rw  'turn,  return',  34;  III,  1.  utir,  XV,  3. 
*pn  ^Ma^'  'ropes',  XIV,  5. 

bDn  tukuitu,  constr.  <uA;^  'trust,  confidence',  XIV,  9. 
bn  ft7tt  'hill,  mound',  XV,  3. 
abn  taldmu  'give,  present',  38. 

qn  tappu  'companion',  34 ;  tapputu  'companionship',  37.  This 
is  probably  from  Sumerian  tab  'two'  and  is  consequently 
non- Semitic. 


CORRIGENDA   TO   THE  LESSONS 

Page  33.  In  Lesson  X,  line  2,  the  RA-sign  should  have  an  extra 
perpendicular  wedge. 

Page  35.     Vocabulary,  line  10,  for  "  good,"  read  «  god." 

P,age  45.  In  Lesson  XIII,  line  13,  the  sign  BIR  should  be  num- 
bered 100  and  not  102. 

Page  48.     Vocabulary,  line  13,  read  IDT  for  ^DO. 

Page  49.     Vocabulary,  line  3,  read  tin  for  rnx. 

CORRIGENDA   AND   ADDENDA  TO   THE   GLOSSARY,   pp.   51-58 

In  the  Glossary,  all  roots  referred  from  the  Vocabulary  of  Lesson 
XIII,  lines  2-13,  incl.,  should  have  the  reference  XIII,  instead  of  XII. 

nix  Add  arhu  <  month,'  XIII,  11  j  urruhis  <  quickly/  XV,  2. 

SaKg  Add  eklttu  '  darkness,'  X,  4. 

mK2  Add  erti  •  bronze,'  X,  6. 

Ssp  Add  bmtu  <  dominion,'  XV,  7. 

^Sa  Add  participle  mubcdiil  '  fusing,'  X,  6. 

nan  Read  XIII,  6 ;  XIV,  6. 

IBO  Read  19,  44 ;  XIV,  9,  12. 

to1?  Add  Idbbis  '  like  a  lion,'  XIII,  6. 

DoS  "For  XVI,  12,  read  XIV,  12. 

D^o  Add  melammu  '  splendor,'  XIV,  9. 

Sobo  Add  mulmullu  <  javelin,'  XIV,  7. 

npn  Add  imqut,  XV,  4. 

113  Add  annadinna  '  I  raged,'  IV,  1 ;  XIII,  6. 

-ino  For  XIII,  5,  read  XIII,  15. 

•U3  Omit  pagris  '  like  a  corpse,'  XIII,  15. 

rax  For  XIII,  11,  read  XIII,  14. 

DSx  For  XIV,  12,  read  XIV,  13. 

pw  Add  pret.  askun,  XIV,  1,  8 ;  Ifteal  astakan,  41. 

•\Q\ff  Add  Ifteal  istapparflnimma  '  they  sent  me,'  XIII,  7. 

S:m  Add  takiltu  '  oracle,'  XIII,  7. 


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